Trade Unions

John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Esher and Walton of 17 June 2011, Official Report, column 1024W, on trade unions, how many people were employed in (a) his Department, (b) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (c) the Driving Standards Agency, (d) the Government Car and Despatch Agency, (e) the Highways Agency, (f) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (g) the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and (h) the Vehicles Certification Agency in 2010-11; and what proportion of the workforce in each case were (i) full-time and (ii) part-time trade union representatives.

Norman Baker: holding answer 28 June 2011
	The number of those employed within the central Department and its seven Executive agencies and the proportion of the work force that were (i) full-time and (ii) part-time trade union representatives are given in the following table:
	
		
			  Headcount 2010-11 Proportion of full-time representatives (percentage) Proportion of part-time representatives (percentage) 
			 DFT 2,160 0.14 0.79 
			 MCA 1,147 0.09 3.23 
			 VCA 155 0.00 4.52 
			 HA 3,907 0.05 2.38 
			 DSA 2,607 0.15 173 
			 VOSA 2,294 0.13 1.35 
			 DVLA 6,582 0.12 0.56 
			 GCDA 285 0.00 2.46